EP3445694A4 - Ensemble bobine de fibre optique rétractable - Google Patents

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EP3445694A4
EP3445694A4 EP17786396.6A EP17786396A EP3445694A4 EP 3445694 A4 EP3445694 A4 EP 3445694A4 EP 17786396 A EP17786396 A EP 17786396A EP 3445694 A4 EP3445694 A4 EP 3445694A4
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fiber optic
reel assembly
retractable fiber
optic reel
retractable
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EP3445694C0 (fr
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John Alford
Christopher GAZDIC
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Konnectronix Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4439—Auxiliary devices
    • G02B6/4459—Ducts; Conduits; Hollow tubes for air blown fibres
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/02—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks
    • B65H75/34—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables
    • B65H75/38—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material
    • B65H75/44—Constructional details
    • B65H75/4418—Arrangements for stopping winding or unwinding; Arrangements for releasing the stop means
    • B65H75/4421—Arrangements for stopping winding or unwinding; Arrangements for releasing the stop means acting directly on the material
    • B65H75/4426—Stopping at the end of winding or unwinding
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/02—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks
    • B65H75/34—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables
    • B65H75/38—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material
    • B65H75/44—Constructional details
    • B65H75/4449—Arrangements or adaptations to avoid movable contacts or rotary couplings, e.g. by the use of an expansion chamber for a lenght of the cord or hose
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/30—Handled filamentary material
    • B65H2701/32—Optical fibres or optical cables

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Light Guides In General And Applications Therefor (AREA)
  • Storing, Repeated Paying-Out, And Re-Storing Of Elongated Articles (AREA)
EP17786396.6A 2016-04-18 2017-04-17 Ensemble bobine de fibre optique rétractable Active EP3445694B1 (fr)

Priority Applications (1)

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EP23192067.9A EP4293402A3 (fr) 2016-04-18 2017-04-17 Ensemble bobine de fibre optique rétractable

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US15/131,818 US10101552B2 (en) 2016-04-18 2016-04-18 Retractable fiber optic reel assembly
PCT/US2017/027875 WO2017184485A1 (fr) 2016-04-18 2017-04-17 Ensemble bobine de fibre optique rétractable

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EP23192067.9A Division EP4293402A3 (fr) 2016-04-18 2017-04-17 Ensemble bobine de fibre optique rétractable

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EP3445694A1 EP3445694A1 (fr) 2019-02-27
EP3445694A4 true EP3445694A4 (fr) 2020-01-15
EP3445694C0 EP3445694C0 (fr) 2023-08-23
EP3445694B1 EP3445694B1 (fr) 2023-08-23

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EP17786396.6A Active EP3445694B1 (fr) 2016-04-18 2017-04-17 Ensemble bobine de fibre optique rétractable

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EP (2) EP4293402A3 (fr)
CA (1) CA3021203C (fr)
WO (1) WO2017184485A1 (fr)

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US2219201A (en) * 1939-02-21 1940-10-22 Frank L Smith Reel for hose, cables, etc.
US3106368A (en) * 1959-04-20 1963-10-08 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Cable winding apparatus
WO2007139611A2 (fr) * 2006-05-26 2007-12-06 Rosemount Inc. Améliorations apportées à des installations d'étanchéité distantes
EP2455319A2 (fr) * 2010-11-22 2012-05-23 Telefonix, Inc. Bobine de corde rétractable

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US2219201A (en) * 1939-02-21 1940-10-22 Frank L Smith Reel for hose, cables, etc.
US3106368A (en) * 1959-04-20 1963-10-08 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Cable winding apparatus
WO2007139611A2 (fr) * 2006-05-26 2007-12-06 Rosemount Inc. Améliorations apportées à des installations d'étanchéité distantes
EP2455319A2 (fr) * 2010-11-22 2012-05-23 Telefonix, Inc. Bobine de corde rétractable

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CA3021203C (fr) 2019-12-24
US10101552B2 (en) 2018-10-16
US20170299835A1 (en) 2017-10-19
EP3445694A1 (fr) 2019-02-27
WO2017184485A1 (fr) 2017-10-26
EP4293402A3 (fr) 2024-02-28
EP3445694C0 (fr) 2023-08-23
EP3445694B1 (fr) 2023-08-23
CA3021203A1 (fr) 2017-10-26
EP4293402A2 (fr) 2023-12-20

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